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State government

    Maryland Republicans aren’t sorry for racist video about Chinese American colleague
    Del. Brian Chisholm defended the video as asking “basic questions” about the motivation behind a lawmaker’s legislation. He said that asking questions should not be off-limits.
    From left, Del. Mark Fisher and Del. Brian Chisholm are facing criticism for a social media video they made about a Chinese-born colleague.
    Maryland lawmakers press electric grid operator on skyrocketing bills
    PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator for 13 states and Washington, D.C., is hosting its annual meeting in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
    Maryland lawmakers and climate and ratepayer advocates hold a press conference outside the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel on Monday to call for more clean energy to be added to the power grid.
    Maryland women want better menopause care. Lawmakers are listening.
    The Maryland bill would encourage medical providers to learn about menopause and is part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness.
    Republican delegates mocked colleague’s accent, implied he was a Chinese spy
    House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk condemned the video in which Dels. Mark Fisher and Brian Chisholm made the comments.
    From left, Del. Mark Fisher and Del. Brian Chisholm are facing criticism for a social media video they made about a Chinese-born colleague.
    Moore and Ferguson had a deal. Then the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
    When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore rolled out dozens of election endorsements Thursday, one name was conspicuously off the list: Senate President Bill Ferguson. A disagreement over redistricting tanked a deal the two Democrats had to endorse each other.
    State Senate President Bill Ferguson and Gov. Wes Moore talk during a bill-signing ceremony in April. Their rocky relationship could be getting rockier, because Moore yanked a planned endorsement of Ferguson as they continue to disagree about redistricting.
    Moore hands out key endorsements, specifically in Howard, Baltimore County executive races
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is giving his seal of approval to dozens of candidates in the upcoming Democratic primary election.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is offering his stamp of approval to dozens of candidates running for office, many of them in competitive Democratic primary races.
    Anne Arundel council candidate repays campaign funds spent on Waffle House, monster trucks
    Maryland campaign finance law allows for spending at restaurants but says campaign spending is only permissible if expenses would not have occurred but for the campaign.
    Geonta Simmons is running in the Democratic Primary for County Council District 1 in Anne Arundel County.
    Hutzell: The award for zaniest video by a Maryland legislator goes to ...
    COLUMN | Del. Lesley Lopez's kidnap video was the most gonzo social media moment of the 2026 General Assembly, but probably not the last Maryland will see like it.
    Dels. Lesley Lopez and Nick Allen talk about legislation they'd like to see go extinct during the 2026 General Assembly.  The lawmakers were at the forefront of using video on social media to communicate with constituents.
    Hutzell: Bridges fast and slow: A reality check on building the new Key
    COLUMN | China built a bridge in 42 hours. China built the world’s tallest bridge in four years. Why can’t America build more like China? Before we get any more freaked out on the latest Key Bridge setback, here’s some perspective on building bridges.
    News conference attendees listen to remarks being given about the newly unveiled design for the Francis Scott Key bridge rebuild at Tradepoint Atlantic in Edgemere, Md. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
    Moore revs up reelection campaign at Baltimore, Prince George’s events
    Gov. Wes Moore kicked off his reelection campaign with a high-energy Baltimore rally, highlighting his first-term accomplishments and ambitions while entering the race with strong funding and limited Democratic opposition.
    Gov. Wes Moore announces the launch of his reelection campaign at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore on Saturday.
    Maryland could match Churchill Downs’ $85 million deal for Preakness intellectual property
    Churchill Downs announced last month its intent to buy the Preakness Stakes’ intellectual property for $85 million — and now Maryland government is on the clock to consider whether to match the deal.
    Preakness flags hang inside the main concourse at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. on Monday, May 12, 2025.
    As court ruling prompts states to redistrict, Maryland remains on the sidelines
    Blue and red states alike are contemplating special legislative sessions to adopt new maps, seeing an opening for political gerrymandering.
    While states are rushing to redraw congressional districts following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, Maryland has not joined in.
    Court ruling overshadows, but won’t overrule, new Maryland voting rights law
    Maryland leaders say the state’s new voting rights law will help protect minority voters after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key anti-discrimination provision of the federal Voting Rights Act.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Hutzell: Financing a legacy, state senator pumps $574,000 into the primary
    COLUMN |State Sen. Pam Beidle plans to donate $500,000 in campaign funds to a slate of at least 19 candidates she believes will continue her middle-of-the-road political philosophy in increasingly progressive Maryland. Her top priority is getting Allison Pickard elected county executive.
    State Sen. Pam Beidle, center, joined, from left, Del. Mark Chang, Sen. Dawn Gile and Del. Dylan Behler in Crofton on April 24, 2026 to endorse Adrian Boafo's bid for Congress in the 5th District. It covers about half of Anne Arundel County.
    How Maryland special agents started investigating the Attar sextortion case
    The details of how Maryland authorities first approached Joseph “Jay” Attar as part of their investigation were revealed in newly unsealed federal court documents.
    Sen. Dalya Attar walks to the front of the Senate chamber at the Maryland State House earlier this month.
    Maryland cracks down on events company owing cruise customers over $642K
    More than 100 customers are still waiting on over $642,000 in refunds after a music-themed cruises never took sail, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said.
    Royal Caribbean’s “Vision of the Seas” is docked at the Port of Baltimore on May 24, 2024. The ship, which departs on May 25, will be the first cruise departure from the port since the Key Bridge collapse.
    Wes Moore loves going fast. Government doesn’t.
    Moore’s claims about rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge — part of his political persona as an outsider who can get big things done — seem to be slipping from his grasp.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks earlier this year at the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on the second anniversary of the bridge’s collapse.
    State dumps Kiewit as Key Bridge builder, potentially delaying project past 2030
    Citing Kiewit’s high cost estimates, Maryland will seek a new builder on the open market.
    Crane barges are idle at sunrise at the Francis Scott Key Bridge site on the second anniversary of its catastrophic collapse.
    Moore bans insider bets on prediction markets by state workers amid new scrutiny
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order aimed at state employees and prediction markets as they have come under heightened scrutiny.
    Gov. Wes Moore delivers remarks before Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s annual State of the City Address earlier this year. Moore's executive order bans state employees from using insider information to place bets on predictive market apps.
    Hutzell: Anne Arundel liquor board reform ends decades-old patronage perk
    COLUMN | If Gov. Wes Moore signs a bill reforming appointments to the Anne Arundel County liquor board, it will end state senators’ power to dispense jobs as political favors.
    Anne Arundel County alcohol sales are regulated by the Board of License Commissioners, a three body panel now being changed after complaints.
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